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Artist:Neil Young [ more ]
Song:Helpless
Album:Unplugged [ info ]
Released:1993
Last Played:May 16, 2013 - 07:54
Avg. Rating:7.8  (Total Ratings: 1274)
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1 votes: 46 (3.6%)2 votes: 33 (2.6%)3 votes: 33 (2.6%)4 votes: 18 (1.4%)5 votes: 33 (2.6%)6 votes: 51 (4%)7 votes: 131 (10%)8 votes: 351 (28%)9 votes: 351 (28%)10 votes: 227 (18%)
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:06 

"Big Bird Flying"


 
trek_29er
(western carolina)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:02 

"and in my mind, i still need a place to go"....yeah,i get that
kaviksdad
(Mission Control...)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:58 

 railroadwail wrote:

Although I prefer, the "Last Waltz version of this song with Joni singing harmony, it's always good to hear Neil on RP.  Keep it up, Bill. We have a mutual admiration society for Neil and Mark Knopfler.



 

What he/she said!
lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:57 

Wait.... Looking at that picture.....Is this Jimmy Fallon??????
Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 12:21 

 Shaken_Bake wrote:
I love north Ontario.  Not necessarily this time of year, though...
 
It's just fine here at this time of the year, if you like snow. :-p
Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City-or is it just me?)
Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 21:05 

I love north Ontario.  Not necessarily this time of year, though...
islander
(Seattle)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 12:04 

Man this is good.
rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands)
Posted: Nov 24, 2012 - 12:19 

  fingerpin wrote:
A 10 today. 
 

treatment_bound wrote:


What about tomorrow?
 
...what about THIS?............
treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 09:23 

 fingerpin wrote:
A 10 today. 
 

What about tomorrow?
stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 03:30 

feckless more like.
dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 15:28 

 Sjaaks wrote:
Sjaaks wrote:
I'm sorry but i couldn't help sing along "Let It Be" and "Knock- knock knockin' On Heaven's Door"...
{#Nyah}
Not all that original...
4


Touché!
But still, it sounds so generic melodically speaking... On the other hand, somehow my feelings managed to appreciate this a bit more since RP played this song a couple of times, so i'll bump this up to a 6. But that's more like a 5.6 than a full 6....

{#Think}   
 
WHAT!!!!?   {#Doh}
Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 03:41 

Sjaaks wrote:
I'm sorry but i couldn't help sing along "Let It Be" and "Knock- knock knockin' On Heaven's Door"...
{#Nyah}
Not all that original...
4
 

Hannio wrote:


Your derision is misplaced.  Helpless was first recorded in 1969.  Let It Be came out in 1970.  Knocking on Heaven's Door in 1973.
 

Touché!
But still, it sounds so generic melodically speaking... On the other hand, somehow my feelings managed to appreciate this a bit more since RP played this song a couple of times, so i'll bump this up to a 6. But that's more like a 5.6 than a full 6....

{#Think}   
railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods)
Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 17:34 

Although I prefer, the "Last Waltz version of this song with Joni singing harmony, it's always good to hear Neil on RP.  Keep it up, Bill. We have a mutual admiration society for Neil and Mark Knopfler.


Stingray
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:40 

 luisgpr wrote:
I grew my teen years listening to CSN&Y good memories.
 

Good you got this off of your chest, Luis!


sadjester
(Whittier, CA USA)
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:40 

Thumbs Down Thumbs Down Thumbs Down
Stingray
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:39 

Many are good - nobody is better than Neil!
merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 07:56 

KD Lang covers this really well.
luisgpr
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 07:18 

I grew my teen years listening to CSN&Y good memories.
Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 01:29 

As fantastic as this is, the CSN&Y version is better.  The layered harmonies just makes the song for me.

 
Bad_Art
(Outa' Space -- EVE Online)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:12 

I am no sort of Neil Young fan.  So often sounds like he's just whining.  This one's different.  An easy 9.  Nice work.
Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:10 

Lump. . . throat. . . .can't. . . . talk.
bee222
(Northern California)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:08 

{#Daisy} Love me some Neil ♥
ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 06:21 

The live version of Helpless is, for me, significantly inferiior to his recorded version.
fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 06:19 

A 10 today. 
MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 06:18 

the crying man...

great.
jersey_birdman
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 12:08 

The Last Waltz version is the the best....  This one works too.

{#Clap} 

terryp17
(Whitegate, United Kingdom)
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 05:01 

Simply the best - no one can top this guy.
amoreena
(west whatnot)
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 14:22 

Thank goodness some yahoo didn't find it necessary to ruin this song with a whistle or a woo-hooo......maybe there were adults in the audience?   Much appreciated.
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 11:16 

 cc_rider wrote:
Having just heard a dear, dear member of the RP community passed away, tragically, this song is all the more poignant. We all feel helpless, trying to make sense of a senseless loss.

Peace, Melissa.
 

Amen
cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 13:12 

Having just heard a dear, dear member of the RP community passed away, tragically, this song is all the more poignant. We all feel helpless, trying to make sense of a senseless loss.

Peace, Melissa.
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